Departmental Awards

Since 1984, the Sociology and Anthropology Department has awarded our most outstanding sociology students with the Frank E. Luksa award. Beginning in 2002, the department has also honored our most outstanding anthropology students with an award. Initially, the anthropology award was also named in honor of Frank E. Luksa. In 2006, the award in anthropology was renamed the Gwen Kennedy Neville award.

Students who are awarded are chosen on the basis of both their GPA in the major and their overall embodiment of the department’s core priorities, such as participation in inter-cultural learning, contributing to campus organizations that link with the department, partaking in departmental research programs, internships and other activities, presenting papers at campus-based, regional and national conferences, and working towards social justice.